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2005/171/EC: Commission Decision of 23 February 2005 on the allocation of quantities of controlled substances allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2004 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2005) 293) (Text with EEA relevance)

2005/171/EC: Commission Decision of 23 February 2005 on the allocation of quantities of controlled substances allowed for essential uses in the Community in 2004 under Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2005) 293) (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 · Decision · 14 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

1.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group I (chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be used for essential medical uses in the Community in 2004 shall be 1 428 533,000 ODP (ozone depletion potential) kilograms. 2.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group I (chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115) and Group II (other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 which may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2004 shall be 73 336,765 ODP kilograms. 3.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group III (halons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory use in the Community in 2004 shall be 19 268,700 ODP kilograms. 4.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group IV (carbon tetrachloride) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2004 shall be 141 834,000 ODP kilograms. 5.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group V (1,1,1-trichloroethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the European Union in 2004 shall be 529,300 ODP kilograms. 6.   The quantity of controlled substances of Group VII (hydrobromofluorocarbons) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2004 shall be 3,070 ODP kilograms. 7.   The quantity of controlled substances of group IX (bromochloromethane) subject to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 that may be used for essential laboratory uses in the Community in 2004 shall be 13,248 ODP kilograms.

Article 2

The chlorofluorocarbon metered-dose inhalers (CFC-MDIs) listed in Annex I shall not be placed on markets that have determined CFCs for these products to be non-essential.

Article 3

During the period 1 January to 31 December 2004 the following rules shall apply: 1. The allocation of essential medical use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 shall be to the companies indicated in Annex II. 2. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex III. 3. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for halons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex IV. 4. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for carbon tetrachloride shall be to the companies indicated in Annex V. 5. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for 1,1,1-trichloroethane shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VI. 6. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for hydrobromofluorocarbons shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VII. 7. The allocation of essential laboratory use quotas for bromochloromethane shall be to the companies indicated in Annex VIII. 8. The essential use quotas for chlorofluorocarbons 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115, other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, hydrobromofluorocarbons and bromochloromethane shall be as set out in Annex IX.

Article 4

Decision 2004/209/EC is repealed. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:   3M Health Care Ltd 3M House Morley Street Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 1EP United Kingdom   Aventis London Road, Holmes Chapel Cheshire CW4 8BE United Kingdom   Bespak PLC North Lynn Industrial Estate King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2JJ United Kingdom   Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Binger Strasse 173 D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein   Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA Via Palermo 26/A I-43100 Parma   GlaxoSmithKline Speke Boulevard Speke Liverpool L24 9JD United Kingdom   IG Sprühtechnik GmbH Im Hemmet 1 D-79664 Wehr   Inyx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Astmoor Industrial Estate 9 Arkwright Road Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1NU United Kingdom   IVAX Ltd Unit 301 Industrial Park Waterford Ireland   Jaba Farmaceutica SA Rua da Tapada Grande, 2 P-2710-089, Abrunheira Sintra   Laboratorio Aldo Union SA Baronesa de Maldá 73 Espluges de Llobregat E-08950 Barcelona   Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (E) Provenca, 388 E-08025 Barcelona   SICOR SpA Via Terrazzano 77 I-20017 RHO Milano   Schering-Plough Labo NV Industriepark 30 B-2220 Heist Op Den Berg   Valvole Aerosol Research Italiana (VARI) Spa — LINDAL Group Italia Via del Pino, 10 Olginate (LC) I-23854 Italia   Valeas SpA Pharmaceuticals Via Vallisneri, 10 I-20133 Milano   Valois SA 50 avenue de l’Europe F-78160 Marly-Le-Roi   Acros Organics bvba Janssen Pharmaceuticalaan 3a B-2440 Geel   Airbus France 316, route de Bayonne F-31300 Toulouse   Agfa-Gevaert NV Septestraat 27 B-2640 Mortsel   Bie & Berntsen Sandbækvej 7 DK-2610 Rødovre   Biosolove BV Waalreseweg 17 5554 HA Valkenswaard The Netherlands   Butterworth Laboratories Ltd 54 Waldegrave Road, Teddington Middlesex TW11 8NY United Kingdom   Carl Roth GmbH Schoemperlenstr. 1—5 D-76185 Karlsruhe   Elcom Group Okružní 988 CZ-735 14 Orlová — Lutyně   Environnement SA 111, Bld Robespierre BP 4513 F-78304 Poissy   Fisher Scientific Bishop Meadow Road Loughborough LE11 5RG United Kingdom   Health Protection Inspectorate-Laboratories Paldiski mnt 81 EE-10617 Tallinn   Honeywell Specialty Chemicals Wunstorfer Straße 40 Postfach 100262 D-30918 Seelze   Institut scientifique de service public (ISSeP) Rue du Chéra 200 B-4000 Liège   Institut E. Malvoz (B) Quai du Barbou, 4 B-4000 Liège   Ineos Fluor Ltd PO Box 13, The Heath Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QF United Kingdom   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Krakenstraat 3 B-3000 Leuven   Laboratoires sérobiologiques 3, rue de Seichamps F-54425 Pulnoy   LGC Promochem GmbH Mercatorstr. 51 D-46485 Wesel   Mallinckrodt Baker BV Teugseweg 20 7418 AM Deventer The Netherlands   Merck KgaA Frankfurter Strasse 250 D-64271 Darmstadt   Mikro+Polo d.o.o. Lackova 78 SLO-2000 Maribor   Panreac Química SA Riera de Sant Cugat 1 E-08110 Montcada I Reixac (Barcelona)   Rohs Chemie GmbH Berliner Str. 54 D-53819 Neunkirchen-Seelsheid   Sanolabor d.d. Leskoškova 4 SLO-Ljubljana   SDS Solvants, Documentation, Synthèses SA Z.I. de Valdonne, BP 4 F-13124 Peypin   Sigma Aldrich Chemie GmbH Riedstrasse 2 D-89555 Steinheim   Sigma Aldrich Chimie SARL 80 rue de Luzais L'Isle-d'Abeau Chesnes F-38297 St-Quentin-Fallavier   Sigma Aldrich Company Ltd The Old Brickyard New Road Gillingham SP8 4XT United Kingdom   Sigma Aldrich Laborchemikalien Wunstorfer Straße 40, Postfach 100262 D-30918 Seelze   VWR I.S.A.S. 201, rue Carnot F-94126 Fontenay-sous-bois   University Of Technology Vienna Institut of Industrial Electronics and Material Science Gusshausstrasse 27-29 A-1040 Wien   YA-Kemia Oy — Sigma-Aldrich Finland Teerisuonkuja 4 FI-00700 Helsinki

Supplementary provisions

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Pursuant to paragraph 3 of Decision XII/2 of the 12th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on measures to facilitate the transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free metered-dose inhalers (MDIs), the following Parties have determined that, due to the presence of suitable non-CFC MDIs, CFCs no longer qualify as ‘essential’ under the Protocol when combined with following products: Product Country Salbutamol Terbutaline Fenoterol Orciprenaline Reproterol Carbuterol Hexoprenaline Pirbuterol Clenbuterol Bitolterol Procaterol Beclomethasone Dexamethasone Fluinisolide Fluiticasone Budesonide Triamcinolone Ipratropium bromide Oxitropium Bromide Austria X X X X X X X X X X X                 Belgium X X X X X X X X X X X                 Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X X X                 Denmark X X X X X X X X X X X                 Finland X                                     France X                                     Germany X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Greece X X X X X X X X X X X                 Ireland X                                     Luxembourg X                                     Portugal X X X X X X X X X X X                 The Netherlands X X X X X X X X X X X                 Norway X X X X X X X X X X X                 Sweden X                                     UK X                                     Source: www.unep.org/ozone/dec12-2-3.pdf

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II ESSENTIAL MEDICAL USES Quota of controlled substances of Group I that may be used in the production of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) for the treatment of asthma and other chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPDs) are allocated to:   3M (UK)   Aventis (UK)   Bespak (UK)   Boehringer Ingelheim (DE)   Chiesi (IT)   Glaxo Smith Kline (UK)   IG Sprühtechnik (DE)   Inyx Pharmaceuticals (UK)   IVAX (IE)   Jaba Farmaceutica (PT)   Lab. Aldo-Union (ES)   Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (ES)   Sicor (IT)   Schering-Plough (BE)   V.A.R.I. (IT)   Valeas (IT)   Valois (FR)

ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX III ESSENTIAL LABORATORY USES Quota of controlled substances of Group I and II that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses, are allocated to:   Agfa-Gevaert (BE)   Bie & Berntsen (DK)   Butterworth Laboratories (UK)   Biosolve (NL)   Carl Roth (DE)   Elcom Group (CZ)   Environnement SA (FR)   Honeywell Specialty Chemicals (DE)   Ineos Fluor (UK)   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE)   LGC Promochem (DE)   Mallinckrodt Baker (NL)   Merck KGaA (DE)   Mikro + Polo (SI)   Panreac Química (ES)   SDS Solvants (FR)   Sanolabor (SI)   Sigma Aldrich Chemie (DE)   Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)   Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)   University Of Technology Vienna (AT)   Ya Kemia Oy — Sigma Aldrich (FI)

ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions

ANNEX IV ESSENTIAL LABORATORY USES Quota of controlled substances of Group III that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses are allocated to:   Airbus France (FR)   Butterworth Laboratories (UK)   Ineos Fluor (UK)   Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)   Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)

ANNEX VSupplementary provisions

ANNEX V ESSENTIAL LABORATORY USES Quota of controlled substances of Group IV that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses, are allocated to:   Acros Organics (BE)   Agfa-Gevaert (BE)   Bie & Berntsen (DK)   Biosolve (NL)   Butterworth Laboratories (UK)   Fisher Scientific (UK)   Health Protection Inspectorate-Laboratories (EE)   Institut E. Malvoz (BE)   Institut Scientifique de Service Public (ISSeP) (BE)   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE)   Laboratoires Sérologiques (FR)   Mallinckrodt Baker (NL)   Merck KGaA (DE)   Mikro + Polo (SI)   Panreac Química (ES)   Rohs Chemie (DE)   SDS Solvants (FR)   Sanolabor d.d. (SI)   Sigma Aldrich Chemie (DE)   Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)   Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)   Sigma Aldrich Laborchemikalien (DE)   VWR I.S.A.S. (FR)   YA-Kemia Oy (FI)

ANNEX VISupplementary provisions

ANNEX VI ESSENTIAL LABORATORY USES Quota of controlled substances of Group V that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses are allocated to:   Acros Organics (BE)   Agfa-Gevaert (BE)   Bie & Berntsen (DK)   Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE)   Mallinckrodt Baker (NL)   Mikro + Polo (SI)   Panreac Química (ES)   Sanolabor d.d. (SI)   Sigma Aldrich Chemie (DE)   Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)   Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)

ANNEX VIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX VII ESSENTIAL LABORATORY USES Quota of controlled substances of Group VII that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses are allocated to:   Acros Organics (BE)   Ineos Fluor (UK)   Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)   Sigma Aldrich Company (UK)

ANNEX VIIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX VIII ESSENTIAL LABORATORY USES Quota of controlled substances of Group IX that may be used for laboratory and analytical uses are allocated to:   Ineos Fluor (UK)   Sigma Aldrich Chemie (DE)   Sigma Aldrich Chimie (FR)

ANNEX IXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX IX (This Annex is not published because it contains confidential commercial information.)

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